Thursday, 9 May 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Smethwick Corporation Bill,
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Bradford and Newbury," presented by Mr. Chamberlain; read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions...
1. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is on his instructions that the Derby sweepstake organised in aid of the Barking Hospital fund has been stopped by the police?
2. asked the President of the Board of Education the total amounts spent in relief of distress in Northumberland and Durham, separately, from the Lord Mayor's Fund?
5. asked the Minister of Health the total number of unemployed workmen and their dependants in England and Wales who received Poor Law relief during the year ending 31st March, 1929?
12. asked the Minister of Health the present salaries and emoluments of the three West Ham Poor Law commissioners; and the total amount paid under these items for the period from the commencement...
7. asked the Minister of Health whether he has now any information to give the House as to the reforms proposed at the London Lock Hospital?
10. asked the Minister of Health whether he has now decided to publish the adult section of the Mental Deficiency Report; and when it will be available?
11. asked the Minister of Health whether, in respect of the appeal against the decision of the London County Council to zone the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate in their South-Eastern town-planning...
14. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if a statement can be made in regard to the negotiations for settling the payments by Germany under the Treaty of Versailles; and if the Government will...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 15. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can now make any announcement regarding the nature of the specific Treasury offer to the claim presented...
16. asked the Minister of Agriculture why he has declined to give any encouragement to the carefully-prepared proposals of the East Riding County Council for reclaiming a large area of the...
Mr. SMITH-CARRINGTON: 18. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is yet in a position to announce the result of his consideration of the representations of the Shire Horse Society in regard...
Commander WILLIAMS: 17. asked the Minister of Agriculture if, as a result of the further consideration he has been able to give to the financial position of the fishing harbours in England and...
19. asked the Postmaster-General the number of cash-on-delivery parcels that have not been delivered at the first delivery for the six months ended to the last convenient date; and whether any...
30. asked the Postmaster-General how many ex-service men have been appointed to permanent or quasi-permanent positions in the Post Office during the last 4½ years; and how many of these were...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the signing-on days for out-of-work oil-millers at the Hull Employment Exchange have been Wednesday and Friday for many years, but have recently...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the case of G. Dyson, Fryston Road, Airedale, whose wife has been denied dependant's allowance because she has a lady...
Commander SOUTH BY (by Private Notice): asked the Prime Minister whether the proposals of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Carnarvon Boroughs with regard to unemployment have been...
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of applications received by his Department for licences to import dystuffs under the Dyestuffs Importation Regulations Act, 1920, for the...
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in the case of any of the first 12 foreign manufacturing countries in the world, there are any to which we send a greater value or quantity...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company have been guaranteed a loan under the Trade Facilities Acts; if so,...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that a large number of shares in English companies or English holdings in other companies have been sold to America during the past...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the British steamer "British Prince," originally known as the "London Shipper," carrying crews of white seamen on previous...
31. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the advisability of closing certain streets in crowded areas to vehicular traffic during the Whitsun school holidays in order to allow...
32. asked the Minister of Transport what has been the total expenditure during the last three years for which figures are available on the construction of new roads or on the widening and...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can make any statement with regard to the financial position of certain of the northern harbours, and particularly with regard to...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he
37. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he was consulted before notice was served on the promoters of the Glasgow Stock Exchange Derby sweepstake that it was illegal; and what...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet been able to make any arrangement for the reduction of freight charges and fares in the services operated by Messrs. John McCallum...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the total amount available for assisted emigration since the passing of the Empire Settlement Act; the amount actually expended; and the...
39. asked the Secretary for Mines how many pits were working in January, 1925; how many in January of this year and the number of workpeople employed in the respective periods?
40. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any experiments have recently been made in this country with engineless gliding planes; if so, have any useful results been recorded; and, if not,...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to say when the 31 persons arrested in March on a charge of conspiring to deprive the King of the sovereignty of...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement on the agreement which has been made between His Majesty's Government and the Egyptian Administration on the...
44. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Nanking Government has banned the "North China Daily News" the use of the Chinese...
45. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to the fatal accident at the Hong Kong aerodrome on the 28th April, 1929, when three Chinese subjects were killed by...
That they have agreed to—
Order for Second Reading read.
I propose to raise, not at great length, a matter which I am sure will he of interest to the whole House, namely, the welfare and conditions of service of the officers and men of the Mercantile...
Motion made, and Question, "That the Lords Amendment be considered forthwith," put, and agreed to.—[Sir K. Wood.]
Motion made, and Question, "That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith," put, and agreed to.—[Sir K. Wood.]
Lords Amendment:
Lords Amendment:
Motion made, and Question proposed, That Standing Orders 84, 214, 217, 239, and 242 be suspended, and that the Bill be now taken into consideration, provided amended prints have been previously...
"(1) After the commencement of this Act no petroleum filling station shall without the consent of the district council be erected on any land in the county so as to be adjacent to a county road...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That Standing Orders 84, 214, 215, and 239 be suspended, and that the Bill be now taken into consideration, provided amended prints shall have been previously...
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Consideration of Lords Amendment in page 1, line 6.
Lords Amendments to page 2, line 10, agreed to.
Lords Amendment:
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir V. Warrender.]
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